Interviewing teenagers turned out to be rather interesting. It’s very relevant the difference in my time of growing up a teen‚ to now. Teens these days have way more issues to worry about being that drugs‚ sex‚ and pregnancy are more tangible then the past. With media using tv‚ radio‚ magazines and music to tell teens how they "need" to be‚ it’s not hard to believe all the increase in teen violence‚ depression‚ and suicide. During the course of this paper I will be discussing the interview that I
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The Proliferation of Texting by Teenagers Texting and social media are getting to be more of an integral part of the lives of future generations. More and more teenagers are getting to connect with the outside world online. In the passage‚ the author talks about the proliferation of texting by teenagers and the pros and the cons of having teens using social media. She adds reinforcing evidence to get the data to be more accurate. The author builds her argument‚ that social media affects teens‚ by
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in estimating that in 2009‚ “there are approximately one million gang members [in the United States]. (“Gangs Timeline.” n.p.). A million is way too high of a number‚ and since researchers made that estimate‚ the number of Americans in gangs has surely grown. The United States is caught in a downward spiral heading towards gangs having complete control of not only the inner cities‚ but the expansion of gangs makes the threat of gang violence in American suburbia a likely part of the future if something
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My life as a teenager is very difficult and different from my life as a child. As a child‚ I saw everything in black or white‚ but nowadays‚ things are not so clear-cut. In fact‚ I’m whirling in contradiction and confusion. This is probably because many changes‚ both physical and mental‚ are still taking place in me. These hormonal changes are part and parcel of being an adolescent but golly‚ how much havoc they cause in me! Nevertheless‚ I do enjoy being a teenager. First‚ I like my closer relationships
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Inner City Gang Memberships Inner city gang memberships involving the youth have become a problem across the United States. There are more and more young adults becoming involved in gangs and committing the crimes and violence that come along with the enrollment into the gangs. Parents today worry about their teenagers becoming involved and although they try to keep them out of the gangs they are unsuccessful at it. This paper talks about the gang membership for a young person living in the inner
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Teenager’s Frustrations -Stress From studying -Peer Pressure -Cyber Bullying As competition in the career world increases‚ the pressure to do well in studies and be a straight-A student also increases. As such‚ nowadays many students who actually want to be a step higher than the rest are putting too much pressure on themselves as to juggle with many extra curricular activities and extra subjects on top of the usual 9 that students take.With the burden of doing well in all these
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This article is called “Teenagers’ Internet Socializing Not a Bad Thing’ by Tamar Lewin. It was taken from the New York Times in November 2008. It talks about how teenagers are socializing online‚ which can be a good thing. The articles audience is mainly to the parents of teenagers‚ and their children‚ because its telling the parents not to be afraid if their children are ‘wasting time’ on the internet. The opinions expressed by the researchers in this article regarding Internet socializing
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I would like to say something about advantages and disadvantages of being a teenager. Youth is a very interesting period. We are opening new opportunities and sometimes try many crazy things. It is hard for me to compare youth to adulthood‚ because I don’t have the experience of being an adult. Young people often say they would like to be adults‚ but why this is so? The biggest cons of being young is that you can’t earn money yourself. Yes‚ one of the options is half part job‚ but it´s almost impossible
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- - - 15 Introduction Music is one of the best ways to entertain yourself and one of the best ways to have friends and to know yourself. Nobody in this world doesn’t want to listen and appreciate music especially teenagers. In this work‚ you will know how teenagers today reacted to the music they listen to and how they apply it in their lives. This work will give lessons to the readers who act so emotional to the music they have heard. I know you can easily relate to this topic
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------------------------------------------------- Problems Teenagers gain an increasing amount of independence from their parents as they enter middle and high school. Unlike the early years‚ kids in this age group often look to friends instead of parents for guidance. The pressure to fit in and be part of the "cool crowd" clouds the judgment of vulnerable kids. ------------------------------------------------- Bullying Bullying frequently occurs in the halls of high schools. It ranges from
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